500000th Volkswagen Rolls off Assembly Line in Kaluga

The 500000th motor vehicle rolled off the Volkswagen Group
Rus plant's assembly line in Kaluga on November
21.

The jubilee car, a Volkswagen Polo sedan, painted the official colors of
the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics, was handed over to the
city's sports and fitness center Leader - a municipal budget-funded
institution whose mission, among other things, is to promote physical
rehabilitation and social adaptation of people with limited health
abilities.

The company is pushing ahead with unflagging efforts to increase its
production capacity. Plans for building a gasoline engines plant feature
prominently on its near-term agenda. The first engines of local manufacture
are expected in 2015.

"The 500000th vehicle manufactured in Russia is a happy and memorable event for the
Volkswagen Group Rus and also an indication of successful economic and
social cooperation with Russia. It is only
three years since the launch of the full production cycle plant in Kaluga.
Over this period of time we managed to significantly build up the
production potential. Currently, more than half of the vehicles the company
sells on the Russian market are made in Russia," says Volkswagen Group Rus CEO Markus Ozegovic. 'We very much appreciate the
support we get from the Kaluga Region's government, and we are very glad to
give the jubilee Polo sedan as a gift to the city, which can use it at
local sports events."

About the region's automotive industry prospects Governor Anatoly Artamonov said creation of new high-tech
industries was a priority.

"We've got to get better every single day, to introduce new
technologies, to keep abreast with progress in science and engineering,"
Artamonov said. "This will surely contribute to further improving the
investment climate and the personnel potential of the region and give the
people here a better life."